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Walter Cronkite held a tiny model of the Apollo 8 spacecraft and strode across a darkened studio where two dangling spheres represented Earth and the moon. This was the CBS Evening News, December 20, 1968, and three Apollo 8 astronauts were scheduled to blast off the following morning on a huge Saturn V rocket. Cronkite

Going to smaller and smaller distance scales reveals more fundamental views of nature, which means if we can understand and describe the smallest scales, we can build our way to an understanding of the largest ones.Perimeter Institute The enterprise of science is perhaps the greatest achievement in all of human history. Out of the seeming

With all the attention given to the bright, passing comet 46P/Wirtanen, we sometimes forget that such minor planetary bodies are very likely to be ubiquitous throughout the cosmos. Comet McNaught setting behind Mount Paranal, in January 2007.Credit: S. Deiries/ESO After extrasolar planets and extrasolar moons, their discovery is often considered the next frontier in exoplanetary

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence tours the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39-A where the Dragon crew module and Falcon 9 booster rocket are being prepared for a January 2019 launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. December 18, 2018. REUTERS/Steve Nesius NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spacex said on Thursday that poor weather conditions forced the

(Reuters) – Thunderstorms forced Elon Musk’s SpaceX to postpone Thursday’s launch of a navigation satellite for the U.S. military, which was poised to be the rocket company’s first national security space mission for the United States. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex 40

Mathematicians have been studying why break-ins spike during the holiday season and what can be done to change this. Photo Credit: Getty Royalty-FreeGetty Packages on doorsteps, presents decoratively arranged under trees near windows for all to see: While many of us view holidays as times to connect and celebrate with our friends and families, researchers say

The sugar that makes up DNA could be floating around in the vast darkness of space, say scientists at the US space agency NASA. The research suggests that the sugar molecule that puts the “D” in DNA – 2-deoxyribose – could exist in the far reaches of space. In laboratory conditions that mimic interstellar space,

Ground personnel help International Space Station (ISS) crew member Alexander Gerst of Germany to get out of the Soyuz MS-09 capsule after landing in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, formerly known as Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan December 20, 2018. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (Reuters) – Three members of the International Space Station’s crew returned safely to

Earthrise … but Apollo 8 should be remembered for a lot more than this incredible image. NASA The space race ended with Neil Armstrong’s ‘one small step’, right? It was actually won 50 years ago this Christmas Eve when the crew of Apollo 8 took a beautiful photo of our planet, and read the world an origin

The Gold Beneath The SurfaceRoyalty Free Pexels.com The other day a banker CTO told us “What I really like about your software solution is that it suggests all these wonderful things are possible. That you believe there’s a way to instill this courage, and passion into people. It’s hopeful.” And in hindsight, devoid of either

(Reuters) – Billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled to blast off on Thursday after two canceled launches earlier this week due to last-minute technical problems, but poor weather is looming as a potential problem. The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, scheduled to launch a U.S. Air Force navigation satellite, sits on Launch Complex

A simplified evolutionary tree of predatory dinosaurs (theropods) showing the time span in which Saltriovenator existed is pictured in this handout illustration obtained by Reuters December 18, 2018. Andrea Cau/Handout via REUTERS WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have unearthed fossils of a large meat-eating dinosaur that stalked northern Italy 198 million years ago that was remarkable

Whether you are giving gifts to others or to yourself this holiday season, this list of the best popular science books of 2018 about birds and birding is a great place to start reading and gifting 12 of the best books about birds and birding of 2018.(Credit: book jacket composite by Bob O’Hara.)composite by Bob

An Indian GSLV-F11 rocket with a two-tonne GSAT-7A military communication satellite lifted-off from the second launch pad on Wednesday evening. At 4:10pm the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark II, numbered GSLV-F11, by the Indian space agency, rose into the sky with a deep-throated growl, breaking free of its shackles. The rocket rapidly rushed towards the blue skies

Dream Chaser had a successful free flight test in November 2017SNC/NASA A miniature space plane designed to take cargo to the International Space Station (ISS) has been approved by NASA to begin production, with a possible first flight in late 2020. Called the Dream Chaser, the vehicle is being built by the Sierra Nevada Corporation

(Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX halted on Wednesday the long-delayed launch of a navigation satellite for the U.S. military, failing to complete its first designated national security mission for the United States due to a technical issue with its rocket. The Dragon crew capsule sits in the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39-A, where the

SpaceX Falcon 9 launches a Dragon capsule to the International Space StationSpaceX SpaceX President and COO Gwynne Shotwell says she’s confident that her company will be sending people to Mars in a decade. Now the company is reportedly raising some much-needed capital to bring it to that goal. A Wall Street Journal report published Tuesday

The Tyrannosaurus rex dubbed Sue, the largest and best-preserved example of this well-known meat-eating dinosaur, is pictured in its new exhibition suite at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. in this photo released on December 18, 2018. Courtesy Martin Baumgaertner/The Field Museum/Handout via REUTERS (Reuters) – Sue, the largest, most complete and best-preserved Tyrannosaurus

“I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number you get in a diamond.”~Mae West Well, that attitude may have worked for the undisputed sexual symbol of frankness, fascination and controversy of the 20th century, but for the rest of us, and especially those over 50, watching what we eat

A one-month-old on a remote island in the Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu became the first child to be immunised in a commercial trial of drone-delivered vaccines, the UN children’s fund UNICEF said Tuesday. Aid agencies hope the successful run in the country, where one in five children is not fully immunised, could eventually help governments

ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s SpaceX halted Tuesday’s launch of a long-delayed navigation satellite for the U.S. military, postponing for at least a day the space transportation company’s first designated national security mission for the United States. FILE PHOTO: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket (in center, in a horizontal position), is readied for launch

JUST Inc.’s Cultured Chicken NuggetsJUST Inc. It’s been a big year for plant-based and cultured meats, but next year could be a turning point. According to the Good Food Institute, an organization that closely watches these industries, sales of plant-based meats grew over 23%, exceeding $760 million. In 2019, look for plant-based and cultured meat companies to navigate new partnerships, new markets

The International Space Station (ISS) crossing Cardiff, Wales.Jamie Carter What’s incredibly bright and currently traveling faster than a speeding bullet 250 miles above your head? Santa’s Sleigh, of course, otherwise known as the International Space Station (ISS), which will be unmistakable as it flies across the skies this Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. To see

For the first time since its landing on Nov. 26, we now know exactly where NASA’s Mars InSight lander touched down, thanks to photos sent home by a camera aboard the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter satellite. The mission team knew the lander had arrived somewhere in a 130 kilometer (81 mile) long “landing ellipse,” and InSight

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A microscopic examination of fossils from China has revealed that the fur-like body covering of pterosaurs, the remarkable flying reptiles that lived alongside dinosaurs, was actually made up of rudimentary feathers. A Daohugou pterosaur, with four different feather types over its head, neck, body, and wings, and a generally ginger-brown color, based

Manned flights to the International Space Station (ISS) under an ultra-fast three-hour scheme involving circling the Earth twice, will begin in a year and a half, said Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian state space corporation Roscosmos. “We are planning to repeat the launch of the Progress cargo spacecraft in an ultra-short two-rotation scheme next

In today’s connected world where the proliferation of digital technologies is inescapable, Schneider Electric (EPA:SU) is capitalizing on burgeoning opportunities offered by the multiplication of connected points underpinned by power infrastructure and solutions, says the $40 billion energy management giant’s boss for over a decade. Speaking exclusively to your correspondent, Jean-Pascal Tricoire, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

YEHUD, Israel (Reuters) – Israeli engineers on Monday added the final element to a spacecraft destined for the moon – a digital time capsule – and said they aimed to land the craft early next year, somewhere between the landing sites of Apollo 15 and 17. A time capsule, intended to travel to the moon

A SWEDEHEART of a study showed significant increases in hospitalizations for heart attacks on Christmas Eve. (Photo: Getty Images)Getty Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring, but what about cholesterol plaques? According to a study just published in the BMJ, it’s not mice moving that should be the

Virgin Galactic launched a spacecraft more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching the Federal Aviation Administration’s definition of space and capturing a long-elusive goal for the company founded by Richard Branson that one day wants to fly tourists through the atmosphere. Though it did not reach orbit, the flight was the first launch of a

Did you accomplish what you wanted for 2018? Last January, I suggested some practical tasks to help you get on track financially. But even with the best intentions, you may have fallen off the wagon at some point. Don’t fret. The new year is around the corner, and today I want to give you three simple

You child’s digital footprint can begin before birth.Getty Now that 6.8 million more people have just had their (private!) Facebook photos exposed, now seems like a good time to talk about online privacy, especially when it comes to what people post about their children. Parents are already some of the biggest violators of their kids’ privacy, leaving

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Imagine a place like our solar system. A place with a ‘central’ star orbited by planets but light years away. There might be a planet there with water and living organisms. Now imagine if you could get there somehow and see it and analyze it. For

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin An international collaboration of scientists have created the highest resolution atomic movie of photosynthesis in the world. Photosynthesis is one of the most important processes for life and without it you would not be able to have the vital oxygen you need to breathe and survive.

NASA is set to work with American companies to design and develop new reusable systems, in a major step to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon. NASA is planning to test new human-class landers on the Moon beginning in 2024, with the goal of sending crew to the surface in 2028, the US

Any distant gravitational source can emit gravitational waves and send out a signal that deforms the fabric of space, which manifests as gravitational attraction. But this deformation only travels at the speed of light; distant objects must wait a long time before feeling that force.European Gravitational Observatory, Lionel BRET/EUROLIOS When you travel through the Universe,

John Kerry’s heart might be in the right place when it comes to combatting global warming, but not his head. John Kerry, former U.S. Secretary of State, speaks during the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018. The Global Climate Action Summit brings together industry and political leaders

What will disqualify me from being an organ donor? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Zoe-Anne Barcellos, Medicolegal Death Investigator, on Quora: There are several things that can disqualify you from being an organ donor. There are

Google said on Thursday it had launched an artificial intelligence programme in Thailand to screen for a diabetic eye disease which causes permanent blindness. The eye screening programme in Thailand follows a similar Google programme in India and highlights a push by big tech companies to show the social benefits of new AI technologies. “As

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Since the early 18th century, with the pioneering work of the British land surveyor William Smith, geologists have used fossils to subdivide Earth’s history. German geologist Leopold von Buch introduced the concept of guide or indicator fossils, fossils used to define and identify a geologic period.

China’s President Xi Jinping, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Nov. 9, 2017. (Photo: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images) The Trump trade war with China has never been just about America’s trade deficits. It goes to the heart of great power rivalry. The tariffs

(Reuters) – Three-time NBA champion Stephen Curry will take space agency NASA up on its offer to tour its lunar lab after he sparked controversy by saying he did not believe humans had ever been to the Moon, comments he later called a joke. FILE PHOTO: Dec 5, 2018; Cleveland, OH, USA; Golden State Warriors

MOJAVE, Calif. (Reuters) – A Virgin Galactic rocket plane reached space on Thursday and returned safely to the California desert, capping years of testing to become the first U.S. commercial human flight to breach Earth’s atmosphere since America’s shuttle program ended in 2011. A view from the edge of space is seen from Virgin Galactic’s

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The history of corn, one of humankind’s indispensable staple crops, is far more complicated that previously known, according to scientists who conducted a comprehensive genetic and archeological analysis of its domestication. FILE PHOTO: Corn cobs and yellow corn are on display at a market in Mexico City, Mexico May 19, 2017. REUTERS/Henry

Share to facebook Share to twitter Share to linkedin Look toward the southern sky after 9 PM Eastern Time tonight for the best view of the Geminids.Google Today’s Google Doodle reminds you to step outside and enjoy the Geminid meteor shower at its peak tonight, December 13. After about 9 PM Eastern Time, the southern

Swedish networking and telecom major Ericsson on Thursday said it had opened a global Artificial Intelligence (AI) accelerator in this tech hub for research and development (R&D) in AI and Automation. “The new facility will accelerate our execution strategy by leveraging AI and Automation technologies to create data-driven, intelligent and robust systems for automation, evolution

What’s on that stethoscope? (Photo: Getty Images)Getty Roxette and D.H.T. sang, “listen to your heart.” But if a stethoscope is used to do so, what bacteria may be calling for you? Determining the types of bacteria found on stethoscopes was the goal of a study just published in the journal Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. The abbreviation for

How do top data scientists think differently from the typical data scientist? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Håkon Hapnes Strand, Data Scientist, on Quora: I once attended the astronomy course of an astrophysics professor whose claim